Hupolambanō ὑπολαμβάνω

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Hupolambanō
ὑπολαμβάνω
Transliterationhupolambanō
Strong's numberG5274
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto take up/suppose
Occurrences5 in 5 verses
Most frequent inLuke (2)

Hupolambanō (Greek ὑπολαμβάνω, Strong's G5274) is a Greek verb meaning “to take up/suppose”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὑπο-λαμβάνω
[in LXX: Job.2:4 4:1 and frequently (עָנָה), Psa.48:9 (דָּמָה pi.), Tob.6:17, Wis.17:2, 3Ma.3:8 3Mac 3:11, al. ;]
1. to take or bear up (by supporting from beneath): with accusative of person(s), Act.1:9.
2. to receive, welcome, entertain (Xen.): III Jn 8.
3. to catch up in speech (Hdt., al.; Jb, ll. with): Luk.10:30.
4. Of mental action, to assume, suppose (Xen., al.; To, Wis, 3Mac, ll. with): Act.2:15; before ὅτι (see Bl., § 70, 2), Luk.7:43.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsuppose (2), answering (1), received (1)
BSBi suppose (1), took up (1), hid (1), suppose (1), support (1)

Verses

Every verse with Hupolambanō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Acts

3 John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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